An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language / in which the words are explained in their different senses, authorized by the names of the writers by whom they are used, or the titles of the works in which they occur, and deduced from their originals

by John Jamieson

MOSS, s.
1. A marshy place, S.
Barbour.
2. A place where peats may be digged, S.
Statist. Acc.

Su. G. mose, mossa, id., locus uliginosus.

Moss-bummer, s. The Bittern, S. A., from its booming sound.

Moss-cheeper, s.
1. The Marsh Titmouse.
Sibbald.
2. The Tit-lark, S.
Fleming.

Moss-corns, s. pl. Silverweed, S.; also Moss-crops, and Moor-grass.

Moss-crops, s. pl. Cotton-rush, and Hare's-tailed Rush, S.
Lightfoot.

Moss-troopers, s. Banditti who inhabited the marshy country of Liddisdale, and subsisted chiefly by rapine.
Lay Last Minstrel.

MOSSFAW, s. A ruinous building, Fife.

MOT, v. aux. May.
V. [Mat].

MOTE, s.
1. A little hill, or barrow.
Bellenden.